Tablet computers have actually been on the market for some time. However, it wasn’t until the iPad came out that the tablet format really took off. With the marketing arm of Apple behind it, along with the raging success of the iPhone, the iPad was a shoe-in for a mass-market mobile computing device. Despite all of the fanfare, when we come back to reality, the tablet computer still has a long way to go before it can replace the laptop or netbook for most people and here are 5 reasons why.

This website is for educators who want to learn about using iPads in education. Here you will find
information about the Victorian school iPads for Learning trial including specially selected apps,
classroom ideas and technical tips.

Welcome to the BitNami Cloud Tools website. Here you will find software that will help you manage and monitor your cloud deployment. We are initially targeting the Amazon Cloud but others will be added later on.

Ledface is a collective brain powered by a crowdsourcing technology that gives you access to the human collective intelligence. We are talking about a new kind of intelligence, emerging from a propitious environment where people can share human day-by-day cultural knowledge, the tacit know-how gathered by experience.

Jimdo puts the power of website creation in the hands of ordinary people. Anyone can share their passions and interests on the Internet — on their own website — simply and easily. Jimdo is free, and you don’t need to know how to code or run a server to have a website. And not just any old website! You can start an online business, write a blog, send a newsletter, add your tweets, embed YouTube videos, link your Facebook Page, and embed almost any kind of widget you can imagine. Jimdo is a website creator for today’s web.

When you have a website of any kind, there are certain things you will need to do and know. Part of what is good to know is what tools are available. As you can imagine, Google has been working on some great new apps for helping you to do everything for free.

At The New York Times, our software engineers, journalists, product managers and designers are constantly striving to create new and innovative ways to present news and information and interact with our readers

Late last month, mobile app designer Jonathan Stark decided to try a little experiment. He took his Starbucks card, which had $8.47 on it, and created a simple way to share it. People could simply scan the barcode at any store and pay for their drink for free. Or they could add money to the card, so that others could drink for free. He called it “Get a coffee, give a coffee” and created a Twitter feed (@jonathanscard) that allowed you to track how much money was on the card. What you see above is a chart of its balance over the last several weeks.